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[Malapapa]

Turkish language newspaper, Toplum Postasi is now closed. They have just published their last edition. The UK recession has taken its first anachronistic, first-generation Cypriot publication-scalp (although to be fair, the English section was always worth a read). I wonder if others will follow....

[Omer Seyhan]

Pity

.....however being progressive is not popular nowadays in the Cypriot community. Cypriots increasingly like extremism because of its intrigue and perceived "unbending" arrogance. People respect arrogant people - look at Simon Cowells popularity.....

One day in the future after many a pointless argument / fight, people will get tired of extremism and will come back down to earth. It may take something more serious (even deadly) to happen to change this current flow of extremism. But either way the rational Cypriots have to wait a while for the others to reach them.....

[Malapapa]

Omer, if Toplum Postasi and the other so-called 'progressive' London Cypriot newspaper Parikiaki, were truly so, they would have merged years ago. They would have worked together, using new technology, using the English language, to beat the recession and keep some semblance of a united Cypriot voice alive in the UK, where a Green Line supposedly doesn't keep Cypriots apart. That's progressive.

[Omer Seyhan]

Omer, if Toplum Postasi and the other so-called 'progressive' London Cypriot newspaper Parikiaki, were truly so, they would have merged years ago. They would have worked together, using new technology, using the English language, to beat the recession and keep some semblance of a united Cypriot voice alive in the UK, where a Green Line supposedly doesn't keep Cypriots apart. That's progressive.

I agree. Although I also sense that the owners of both newspapers clearly did not want to merge otherwise they would have done it. After all merging would mean cutting their profits in half, sharing costs and power......

Its the same principle in the wider Cyprus problem actually. As a T/C and citizen of the RoC, I'm prepared to share my state's money and power in half in a state with my fellow G/Cs if that will ensure long term peace, stability and healthy growth. I don't even mind paying higher rates of tax to fund the transition, but not many think in this way.

Most Cypriots want peace and all the good things we dream of but are not prepared to put their money to their mouth and share power and decision-making. You can see this in the way institutions and organisations behave. A microcosm of the RoC Govt, the National Federation is a shining example of this. They want to fight for a Cyprus solution in the UK, claim to represent all UK Cypriots, to lobby to reunify Cyprus, all on their own without involving anybody outside their circle, including the very T/Cs they aspire to live with.